ABSTRACT
Until now we have been working with one-dimensional signals, but wavelet analysis can be done in any number of dimensions. The essential ideas, however, are revealed in two dimensions. In recent years wavelet methods have come to predominate in advanced techniques in image processing. We shall provide a basic summary of the success stories from this field. Some of the highlights of the chapter include descriptions of two state of the art waveletbased image compression algorithms, including the new JPEG 2000 standard, and description of a high performance image denoising algorithm. We shall also describe some aspects of image enhancement and analysis.
